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PHYTOMEDICINE FOR TUBERCULOSIS
Nigeria is among the 14 high burden countries for TB, TB/HIV and multi drug resistant TB. It is estimated that 407,000 people in Nigeria are afflicted with TB each year, while an estimated 154,000 people die of this disease. Effective treatment of Tuberculosis...
July 2020
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CHEMICALS AND REAGENTS
Of the over 500 different industrial chemicals being utilized in the country, at least 70 are used as laboratory chemicals in secondary schools. These chemicals are imported in spite of the country’s comparative advantage in terms of availability...
July 2020
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WATER BORNE PAINT
Nigeria spent $1.22m annually on the importation of polyvinyl acetate which accounts for 0.75% of global importation. In an effort to reduce this trend, RMRDC developed a formulation of waterborne paints from the blends of natural rubber latex and polyvinyl...
July 2020
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CALCINED KAOLIN
Nigeria expends about 3 billion Naira annually for the importation of titanium dioxide for the paint industry. Calcined kaolin can partially replace titanium dioxide as an opacifying agent in paint formulation. A 10 ton/day capacity gas suspended...
July 2020
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DEVELOPMENT OF FLASH DRYER
The Council supported the Federal Government Policy of 10% inclusion of cassava flour in wheat flour. As part of the support, RMRDC designed and developed air and hydro cyclone software, which was used in the design and development of the flash dryer....
July 2020
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MATHEMATICAL MODELING
The Council in collaboration with Mathematical National Mathematical Centre at Kwali, Abuja developed Models for simulation of raw materials process equipment and plants such as, filter press, ball mill, cyclones, mixers, heaters and dryers. The technical...
July 2020
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PROCESS EQUIPMENT DESIGN
The Council has organized three National Design Competitions on process equipment and has commenced fabrication of some of the award winning designs. The first edition of the national design competition produced the following award winning designs; Faculty...
July 2020
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CAD EQUIPMENT DESIGN
The Council in collaboration with a team of engineers from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Lagos and Federal University of Technology, Owerri developed software for the design of process equipment. The team has successfully design soft...
July 2020
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LOVASTATIN
INTRODUCTION The project, “Development and Production of Lovastatin for the Pharmaceutical Industry” is a Research and Development project being carried out by Raw Materials Research & Development Council in collaboration with the...
July 2020
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BARYTE SCRUBBER
Introduction Baryte (BaSO4) is the principal ore of barium, which is an essential additive in drilling mud formation. Baryte is an important weighing ingredient and its usefulness as an additive in drilling mud is in the fact that when ground or crushed...
July 2020
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Our Awards & Recognition
FMST SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION EXPOSITION SERIES: A HISTORY OF AWARDS FOR RMRDC HMST, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu presents a plaque to DG/CEO, RMRDC,Prof Hussaini Doko Ibrahimat FMST Science, Technolo...